Execute not pardon? In 2017, at least 993 people were executed. 21,919 people are waiting to be executed

...,115 last year). These statistics fail to include death penalties in China and other countries, where they are under state secret. Last year, capital punishment was abolished in Mongolia and Guinea, with the total number of countries who abolished the death penalty reaching 106. In fact, 142 countries do not use it in practice. Belarus is the only remaining country to use death penalty in Europe and Central Asia. Last year, two people were executed there (compared to 4 in 2016) and four death sentences ...